LX Ventures Set to Acquire Copper.io for Up to $3 Million
Vancouver’s LX Ventures has agreed to acquire Las Vegas-based Copper.io, a startup that provides a full stack developer…
Acquisitions
Hootsuite Acquires Massachusetts-Based Startup uberVU
Thus far in Hootsuite‘s well-documented and successful ride as king of the “social relationship platform”…
Toronto’s Juice Mobile Acquires Proximity Marketers Gauge Mobile
Mobile marketing and technology firm Juice Mobile has acquired Vancouver-based proximity marketing solutions company Gauge…
iQmetrix Acquires Vancouver Startup Web Werkz for its eCommerce Offerings
In a deal involving two relatively unknown Vancouver companies, iQmetrix, a provider of retail management software for independent…
Blue Spurs Acquires Lashpoint in All-Fredricton Startup Exit
Blue Spurs, a Fredricton-based startup that specializes in mobile and cloud software development has acquired another local…
Calgary’s Slyce Acquires Former INcubes Startup Hovr.It
Toronto-based startup Slyce, the advanced visual search platform which enables smartphone users to discover and buy any product…
Staying in the Big Smoke: AppHero Acquired by Fuse Powered
At just 18 Jordan Satok was the youngest CEO to raise venture capital. Today we can throw “exited company at 19”…
PasswordBox CEO on Acquisition: “To Get Our Footprint in San Francisco”
PasswordBox CEO Dan Robichaud told me over the phone that this morning’s acquisition news involving San Francisco-based…
Next 36-Born Atlus App Acquired By Ottawa’s Purple Forge Corp
A startup created as a result of the Next 36 program has been acquired by Purple Forge Corp. Atlus is an app serving as a…
FinancialForce Acquires Burlington’s Vana Workforce for HCM Software Solution
It’s been interesting to observe the rise of “HCM” (Human Capital Management) software and the various acquisitions…
AccuWeather.Com Acquires Montreal Startup Sky Motion
American weather predictors AccuWeather.com have acquired Montreal-based startup Sky Motion this morning, as per reports from…
Waterloo’s TribeHR to be Acquired by NetSuite
It’s not the sexiest acquisition news you’ve ever heard, but another Canadian startup has hit paydirt. Waterloo-based…
Capital Acquisition: Openera Exits to LiveQos in All-Ottawa Deal
For some reason I’ll always remember the first words of Openera CEO Peter Lalonde’s pitch to nearly 1000 investors…
11 Months after Launch, Montreal’s 5by Gets Acquired by StumbleUpon
Silicon Valley-based StumbleUpon has acquired Montreal-based video curation startup 5by for an undisclosed sum today. The…
Canadian Duo Behind AppDirect Secures $9 Million Series B Round
Daniel Saks and Nicolas Desmarais, the two Canadian cofounders behind Silicon Valley-based startup AppDirect, have secured…